"Nate Nagel" wrote in message
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Does anyone make an extension ring rated for hanging ceiling fans? Am
about to dive into rewiring upstairs bedrooms, and one of the things I'd
like to do is change the ceiling fixture boxes for fan-rated ones. Given
my druthers, I'd put extension rings on them as well, seeing as the house
was originally wired with switch legs so there's lots of wires in your
average ceiling box (and that is also the logical place to splice into a
circuit for future additions.) But before I truck down to the Real
Electrical Supply Place (which involves getting up at 0-dark-hundred so as
not to be late for work) I wanted to make sure they existed.


*I have never seen a fan rated extension box. There are deep fan boxes
available though, 4"octagonal x 2 1/8" deep. I think that I have seen them
at Home Depot.

"John Grabowski" wrote in message
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"Nate Nagel" wrote in message
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Does anyone make an extension ring rated for hanging ceiling fans? Am
about to dive into rewiring upstairs bedrooms, and one of the things I'd
like to do is change the ceiling fixture boxes for fan-rated ones. Given
my druthers, I'd put extension rings on them as well, seeing as the house
was originally wired with switch legs so there's lots of wires in your
average ceiling box (and that is also the logical place to splice into a
circuit for future additions.) But before I truck down to the Real
Electrical Supply Place (which involves getting up at 0-dark-hundred so
as not to be late for work) I wanted to make sure they existed.


*I have never seen a fan rated extension box. There are deep fan boxes
available though, 4"octagonal x 2 1/8" deep. I think that I have seen
them at Home Depot.

That's the biggest I've seen too. Side bracket deep 4" round box. I suppose,
if he really needed the space, he could mount a deep 1900 box to a block of
wood and drill out the ring collar and through bolt it. As long as the box
isn't the "sole support" of the fan, it's OK.

"RBM" wrote in message
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"John Grabowski" wrote in message
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"Nate Nagel" wrote in message
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Does anyone make an extension ring rated for hanging ceiling fans? Am
about to dive into rewiring upstairs bedrooms, and one of the things I'd
like to do is change the ceiling fixture boxes for fan-rated ones. Given
my druthers, I'd put extension rings on them as well, seeing as the
house was originally wired with switch legs so there's lots of wires in
your average ceiling box (and that is also the logical place to splice
into a circuit for future additions.) But before I truck down to the
Real Electrical Supply Place (which involves getting up at
0-dark-hundred so as not to be late for work) I wanted to make sure they
existed.


*I have never seen a fan rated extension box. There are deep fan boxes
available though, 4"octagonal x 2 1/8" deep. I think that I have seen
them at Home Depot.

That's the biggest I've seen too. Side bracket deep 4" round box. I
suppose, if he really needed the space, he could mount a deep 1900 box to
a block of wood and drill out the ring collar and through bolt it. As long
as the box isn't the "sole support" of the fan, it's OK.


*Roy you've reminded me of how I used to mount fans before the proliferation
of fan braces and boxes. I would use a 2" x 4" block of wood spanned over
several ceiling joists with 2 lengths of 1/4" threaded rod penetrating into
the box. I would then attach the fan's mounting bracket directly to the
threaded rod. With everything double nutted the fan was very secure, but it
was a lot more effort then what is now required with the new fan rated
hardware.

"John Grabowski" wrote in message
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"RBM" wrote in message
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"John Grabowski" wrote in message
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"Nate Nagel" wrote in message
...
Does anyone make an extension ring rated for hanging ceiling fans? Am
about to dive into rewiring upstairs bedrooms, and one of the things
I'd like to do is change the ceiling fixture boxes for fan-rated ones.
Given my druthers, I'd put extension rings on them as well, seeing as
the house was originally wired with switch legs so there's lots of
wires in your average ceiling box (and that is also the logical place
to splice into a circuit for future additions.) But before I truck
down to the Real Electrical Supply Place (which involves getting up at
0-dark-hundred so as not to be late for work) I wanted to make sure
they existed.


*I have never seen a fan rated extension box. There are deep fan boxes
available though, 4"octagonal x 2 1/8" deep. I think that I have seen
them at Home Depot.

That's the biggest I've seen too. Side bracket deep 4" round box. I
suppose, if he really needed the space, he could mount a deep 1900 box to
a block of wood and drill out the ring collar and through bolt it. As
long as the box isn't the "sole support" of the fan, it's OK.


*Roy you've reminded me of how I used to mount fans before the
proliferation of fan braces and boxes. I would use a 2" x 4" block of
wood spanned over several ceiling joists with 2 lengths of 1/4" threaded
rod penetrating into the box. I would then attach the fan's mounting
bracket directly to the threaded rod. With everything double nutted the
fan was very secure, but it was a lot more effort then what is now
required with the new fan rated hardware.

John, that's exactly what I used to do, and you could do pull ups on that
sucker. I think we're dating ourselves